Patricia Hewitt has recently had us all laughing cynically by saying all mothers should be offered a home birth. For those of us who have high risk pregnancies and cannot get proper care the idea that idea that those fortunate enough to be well enough for home births will be able to access two midwives-while the rest of us barely get one, is a real laugh.

When things got a bit scary with my pregnancy and it looked like I might need a section then and there, the one midwife on duty admitted she had nine labouring mums to care for and that there were no beds in the hospital. Fortunately I did not need an immediate section.

I did end up having an emergency section a few days later. I wont go into some of the problems I had post operatively getting proper help-but shortage of staff means leaving mums in serious pain with no help.

Meanwhile there are qualified midwives who can't get work.

Is this more of the Culture of Death? I don't know.But one thing has interested me-the news reports say birth rates are increasing. I wonder who are those mums?

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St Bridget of Sweden

About Me

I am a Catholic mother with 6 children aged 18 to a baby.
I have been married for 19yrs to a good man who finally crossed the Tiber last year and joined me.
I home educate some of the children and look forward to a time when I can have all the school age children home for their education.
I am trying to have my Catholic faith inform and guide my life and my home education.